Brian Spitzberg
Senate Distinguished Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of CommunicationSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Fake news, misinformation, disinformation, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theory.
Experts Directory
The San Diego State University Experts Directory is a rolodex for reporters, designed to assist journalists in their search for subject-matter experts on a variety of topics and academic research areas.
For Faculty Interested in Joining the Experts Directory
Faculty interested in joining the Experts Directory are encouraged to contact Senior Director of Media Relations Cory Marshall for more information.
For Media Seeking an Interview
For questions or assistance in coordinating an interview with one of the university’s subject-matter experts, please contact a member of the SDSU media relations team.
Valerie Stahl
Assistant Professor of City PlanningCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Public AffairsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Public and affordable housing, zoning and land use, community engagement, participation, urban planning and young cancer survivorship.
Erik Storholm
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
HIV prevention, sexual and gender minorities, health equity, mental health, substance use, sexuality and sexual health
Carleen Stoskopf
DirectorCollege of Health and Human ServicesGraduate School of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-594-4239Area of Expertise
Public health, environmental health, health policy and management.
Mary Ellen Stout
LecturerCollege of Arts and LettersHistorySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
history of feminism in comics, history of women comic creators, U.S. history, comics and social justice, using comics to teach difficult topics at the high school and college level
Doug Stow
Professor, Interim Dept. ChairCollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-5498Area of Expertise
Environmental planning and policy, land cover and land use change analysis, remote sensing, applied GIS, vegetation mapping and monitoring, wildfire processes and landscape ecology.
Chamu Sundaramurthy
Professor and ChairFowler College of BusinessManagementSDSU[email protected]619-594-4845Area of Expertise
Corporate board of directors and governance.
Mark Sussman
ProfessorCollege of SciencesBiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-2983Area of Expertise
Structural and molecular basis of heart failure, cardiac stem cells, heart attack recovery, heart biology, vaping and vaping-related injury.
Paul Sutton
Professor EmeritusCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsCriminal JusticeSDSU[email protected]619-594-4449Area of Expertise
Crime and criminal justice, criminal law and procedure, prisons and jails, official abuse, corruption, and misconduct by criminal justice officials, criminal justice and the media and prison documentary filmmaker
Manal Swairjo
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[email protected]619-594-6801Area of Expertise
X-ray crystallography, enzymology and RNA biology.
Kaye Sweetser
ProfessorCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Journalism and Media StudiesSDSU[email protected]619-594-6714Area of Expertise
Social media, Digital media, Digital political public relations, Public relations, Digital public relations
Gregory Talavera
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-205-1955Area of Expertise
Community-based clinical and public health interventions within the Latino community, culture barriers in healthcare
Mauro Tambasco
Associate ProfessorCollege of SciencesPhysicsSDSU[email protected]619-594-6161Area of Expertise
Radiation oncology physics, Radiation Biology, Radiation dosimetry, X-ray imaging and therapy
Tingting Tang
Assistant ProfessorSan Diego State University Imperial ValleyMathematics and StatisticsSDSU Imperial Valley[email protected]Area of Expertise
Mathematics, math biologist, epidemic models and machine learning methods.
Brent Taylor
Professor and ChairCollege of EducationCounseling and School PsychologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Counseling
William Tong
Distinguished Professor and Vice ProvostCollege of SciencesChemistry and BiochemistrySDSU[email protected]619-594-5929Area of Expertise
Laser technology to detect chemicals, analytical chemistry
Hakan Toreyin
Assistant ProfessorCollege of EngineeringElectrical and Computer EngineeringSDSU[email protected]619-594-0795Area of Expertise
Focuses on energy-efficient integrated electronics design with emphasis on real-time physical computing for wearable/implantable biomedical devices and IoT devices, system design and translational studies for investigating novel methods of physiological sensing and health monitoring in resource-limited settings.
Peter Torre III
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSpeech, Language, and Hearing SciencesSDSU[email protected]619-594-4787Area of Expertise
The impact of recreational noise exposure, specifically music through earphones, on hearing in young adults, the effects of HIV on hearing in both children and adults.
Thomas Touw
Assistant Professor and Major/Executive OfficerMilitary Science and History, Army ROTCSDSU[email protected]619-933-1055Area of Expertise
Army, Officer, Service, Military, Afghanistan
Nellie Tran
Associate ProfessorCollege of EducationCounseling and School PsychologySDSU[email protected]619-594-5333Area of Expertise
Community psychologist studying Asian American psychology, racism, sexism, especially microaggressions and other forms of subtle discrimination in academic and workplace settings.
Ming-Hsiang Tsou
Professor, Director of HDMACollege of Arts and LettersGeographySDSU[email protected]619-594-0205Area of Expertise
Big Data, Social Media Analytics, Visualization, Web GIS, Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, Human Dynamics, and Web Maps. Cancer disparity expert
Jennifer Tucker-Tatlow
College of Health and Human ServicesAcademy for Professional Excellence, School of Social WorkSDSU[email protected]619.595.3917Area of Expertise
Workforce development, training, executive development, organization development, organizational culture, public health and human service leadership.
Esra Tunc
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersDepartment for the Study of ReligionSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Religion and economy, Islamic philanthropy, Islamic finance, and Islam in the United States.
Katie Turner
LecturerCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television, and FilmSDSU[email protected]970-903-8924Area of Expertise
Theatre history, women in theatre, melodrama, early United States Theatre, minstrelsy, gender, race, and performance, experimental theatre, devised theatre, theatre and diversity and puppetry.
Jean Twenge
ProfessorCollege of SciencesPsychologySDSU[email protected]619-594-5358Area of Expertise
Narcissism, differences among generations, social exclusion, aggression
Kimberly Twist
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Arts and LettersPolitical ScienceSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
European politics, extremism, far-right parties, the European Union, populism, immigration, public opinion and British politics.
Emilio Ulloa
Professor and Associate Chief Diversity Office for HSI and Regional AffairsCollege of SciencesPsychologySDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) initiatives and topics, youth violence, intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, CSEC, commercial sexual exploitation of children, dating violence, partner abuse, Latino/as (Chicana/os), minorities, undergraduate student success, research that aims to understand the risk factors associated with the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), also known as the sex trafficking of minors/adolescents, research on the development of undergraduates, entry into graduate school, and ethnic minorities in graduate school.
Rich Underwood
LecturerCollege of Professional Studies and Fine ArtsSchool of Theatre, Television & FilmSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Advertising, branded content, cinematography, directing visual media, documentary production, filmmaking, marketing and television news photojournalism.
Naveen Vaidya
ProfessorCollege of SciencesMathematics and StatisticsSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Applied mathematics, with specific areas of interest in mathematical biology (viral dynamics and immune systems, epidemiology, and ecology), mathematical and computational modeling, differential equations, dynamical systems, optimal control, biostatistics, and machine learning.
Faramarz Valafar
ProfessorCollege of Health and Human ServicesSchool of Public HealthSDSU[email protected]619-594-3742Area of Expertise
Predicting and preventing spread of H1N1 flu virus, managing pandemics, bioinformatics, medical informatics, and cheminformatics.
